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How to Navigate to VER Plans, Optional Retirement Pages through USPS’s LiteBlue

February 3, 2025
Working in conjunction with Retirees Director Nancy Olumekor, the Industrial Relations Department has produced a presentation which provides step-by-step instructions on how active postal service employees with access to LiteBlue can navigate to the...

APWU Releases Q&As about 2025 Voluntary Early Retirement

February 1, 2025
The Voluntary Early Retirement (VER) recently announced for eligible postal workers by the Postal Service has generated many questions from the members of the APWU. The Postal Service published a list of questions and answers for our members.

Union Files Dispute Over MVS Pay Irregularities

March 3, 2016
The APWU filed a national-level dispute on Feb. 24, protesting pay anomalies that occur when Motor Vehicle Service Craft Postal Support Employees (PSEs) are converted to career positions.

Union Files Court Complaint

March 2, 2016
The maintenance division filed a complaint in federal court on Dec. 11 seeking enforcement of a national arbitration award on staffing at Bulk Mail Centers (BMCs). We asked the court to direct the Postal Service to comply with a ruling issued by...

Testimony Addresses USPS Plans

March 1, 2016
The NLRB hearing on the Postal Service’s deal with Staples continued on Feb. 25 and 26, with APWU Manager of Negotiations Support Phil Tabbita testifying about USPS documents that discuss management’s plans to transfer retail work from post offices...

Cleveland Gets Proactive with Safety

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) The Cleveland Area Local is ramping up its safety campaign, taking a proactive stance when dealing with unsafe working conditions.

‘Implement Postal Banking Now!’

March 1, 2016
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2016 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.)  Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) joined members of the Campaign for Postal Banking on Dec. 17 to make a special delivery to the biggest...

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